ncurses 5.3

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_printw.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_printw.3x b/man/curs_printw.3x
index 8ba9d1748649158974d850285d4819d7f6054f92..3b9c35825234547eefe33fe9db9de1ff5b53b70d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_printw.3x
+++ b/man/curs_printw.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.11 2000/07/01 20:11:32 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.12 2002/07/20 15:01:43 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_printw 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBprintw\fR,
 .TH curs_printw 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBprintw\fR,


@@ -37,20 +37,17 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 

-\fBint printw(char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg\fR] \fB...);\fR
+\fBint printw(char *fmt, ...);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint wprintw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg\fR] \fB...);\fR
+\fBint wprintw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, ...);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvprintw(int y, int x, char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg\fR] \fB...);\fR
+\fBint mvprintw(int y, int x, char *fmt, ...);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvwprintw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x,\fR
-      \fBchar *fmt\fR [\fB, arg]\fR ...);
-
-\fB#include <varargs.h>\fR
+\fBint mvwprintw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *fmt, ...);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint vwprintw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, varglist);\fR
+\fBint vwprintw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint vw_printw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, varglist);\fR
+\fBint vw_printw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR

 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBprintw\fR, \fBwprintw\fR, \fBmvprintw\fR and \fBmvwprintw\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBprintw\fR, \fBwprintw\fR, \fBmvprintw\fR and \fBmvwprintw\fR


@@ -58,10 +55,11 @@ routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3S)].  In
 effect, the string that would be output by \fBprintf\fR is output
 instead as though \fBwaddstr\fR were used on the given window.
 
 effect, the string that would be output by \fBprintf\fR is output
 instead as though \fBwaddstr\fR were used on the given window.
 

-The \fBvwprintw\fR routine is analogous to \fBvprintf\fR [see
-\fBprintf\fR(3S)] and performs a \fBwprintw\fR using a variable
-argument list.  The third argument is a \fBva_list\fR, a pointer to a
-list of arguments, as defined in \fB<varargs.h>\fR.
+The \fBvwprintw\fR and \fBwv_printw\fR routines are analogous
+to \fBvprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3S)]
+and perform a \fBwprintw\fR using a variable argument list.
+The third argument is a \fBva_list\fR, a pointer to a
+list of arguments, as defined in \fB<stdarg.h>\fR.

 .SH RETURN VALUE
 Routines that return an integer return \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR
 (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 Routines that return an integer return \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR
 (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful


@@ -70,6 +68,12 @@ completion.
 The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  The function
 \fBvwprintw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
 \fBvw_printw\fR using the \fB<stdarg.h>\fR interface.
 The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  The function
 \fBvwprintw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
 \fBvw_printw\fR using the \fB<stdarg.h>\fR interface.

+The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that
+\fBvw_printw\fR  is preferred to \fBvwprintw\fR since the latter requires
+including \fB<varargs.h>\fR, which
+cannot be used in the same file as \fB<stdarg.h>\fR.
+This implementation uses \fB<stdarg.h>\fR for both, because that header
+is included in \fB<curses.h\fR>.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBprintf\fR(3S), \fBvprintf(3S)\fR
 .\"#
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBprintf\fR(3S), \fBvprintf(3S)\fR
 .\"#